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No. 281.322. Patented July-17, 1883.

I N VB ORI WITNESSES:

. ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN o. VETTER, or INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

TABLE-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,322, dated July 17,1883. Application filed January 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN G. VETTER, ofIndianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have-invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in' theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved hingedetached. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the same inserted into two leavesof a table or other object. Fig. 3 is a plan view, showing the ends ofthe hinge-leaves and connecting-arm; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view ofthe recess adapted to receive one of the hinge-leaves.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to hinges; and it consists in the improvedconstruction of parts of ahinge adapted to be inserted into the twoparts to be hinged together, so as to be flush with their surfaces atall points, as hereinafter more fully shown and described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A A indicate the two leaves ofa table or other article, hinged together by the hinges B, the leaves ofwhich are inserted in recesses O in the ends of the leaves A. Thesehinges consist of two rectangular prismatic leaves, D D, having twolaterally-extending flanges,

E, upon the edges of their outer sides, reach-' ing from their free endsto near their hinged ends. The inner beveled corners, f, of the leavesare recessed at F to receive the ends of an arm, G, which is hinged inthese recesses upon pintles H, inserted through the sides of therecesses and through eyes at its ends. The leaves are inserted into therecesses O, which are shaped corresponding to the leaves, havingextensions I, corresponding to the flanges E, so that the hinge, wheninserted into the recesses, will be held in place bythe flanges, and thesaid flanges and the extensions I of the recesses, only extending partof the length of the hinge and the recesses, stopping a short distancefrom the hingeend of the same, will prevent the leaves of the hinge frombeing drawn out of the recesses at the hinge end when thetable-leaf isswung down. For the purpose of further securing the hinge in therecesses the leaves have screw-holes J from their inner sides, in whichscrews K are inserted, passing into the inner sides of the recesses.

It will be seen that this hinge, which may be used any place where ahinge is required, is exceedingly strong and simple in construction, andthat it will stay in its place by its peculiar shape and the shape ofits recess, thus exercising very little strain upon thefastening-screws.

I am aware that hinges have been made having laterally projectingbeveled flanges upon their leaves adapted to be inserted intocorrespondingly-shaped recesses in the leaves to be hinged together, andthat likewise hinges have been made in which the ends of the leaves areconnected by means of an arm hinged at both ends in recesses in themeeting ends of the leaves, and I do not claim such construction,broadly; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is

In combination with the table-leaves A, having recesses 0, provided withlaterally projecting extensions or grooves I, extending from the innerside of the recess for a part of the length of the same, of theherein-described hinges B, consisting of the prismatic leaves D, havingflanges E extending laterally for a part of the length of the leaves,and recesses F at their inner beveled corners, and the arm G, hinged inthe said recesses at both ends, as and for the purpose shown and setforth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. VETTER.

Witnesses:

O. S. HADLEY, ALEXANDER STooPs.

